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Video Card or Power Supply problem? Sapphire Radeon 9600 PRO, generic 300W PS, MSI 845Neo-FIS2R MB
Recently I've been having problems with my video card crashing at random
times (Sapphire Radeon 9600 Pro 256 MB). For example, in the middle of the day when nobody's doing anything on the computer or while I'm playing a game (EQ), the ATI utility SMARTSAVE comes up and tells me that the driver had to refresh the video card because it stopped responding. Once I cancel that message everything goes back to normal (I just maximize my game window and continue playing). Another problem which is possibly related to this is when I boot up my computer after it being off for a few hours, the motherboard beeps several times and the D-bracket diagnostic card indicates that it failed to initialize the video card. To fix that problem, I just leave the computer on for a while in that state, then CTRL+ALT+DEL it and it boots up normally. Could this be a power supply problem? I have a generic 300W power supply. Computer Stats MSI 845PE Neo-FIS2R MB 768 MB Apacer RAM Sapphire Radeon 9600 PRO 256 MB (latest drivers) 300 W generic PSU 80 GB IBM HD Lite-ON DVD SB Live! value Windows XP SP1 Thanks! |
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"Nick Z" wrote in message ... Recently I've been having problems with my video card crashing at random times (Sapphire Radeon 9600 Pro 256 MB). For example, in the middle of the day when nobody's doing anything on the computer or while I'm playing a game (EQ), the ATI utility SMARTSAVE comes up and tells me that the driver had to refresh the video card because it stopped responding. Once I cancel that message everything goes back to normal (I just maximize my game window and continue playing). Another problem which is possibly related to this is when I boot up my computer after it being off for a few hours, the motherboard beeps several times and the D-bracket diagnostic card indicates that it failed to initialize the video card. To fix that problem, I just leave the computer on for a while in that state, then CTRL+ALT+DEL it and it boots up normally. Could this be a power supply problem? It sounds like a weak power supply to me. -Dave |
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On Sat, 05 Jun 2004 18:39:21 GMT As another one bit the dust "Nick Z"
wrote : Recently I've been having problems with my video card crashing at random times (Sapphire Radeon 9600 Pro 256 MB). For example, in the middle of the day when nobody's doing anything on the computer or while I'm playing a game (EQ), the ATI utility SMARTSAVE comes up and tells me that the driver had to refresh the video card because it stopped responding. Once I cancel that message everything goes back to normal (I just maximize my game window and continue playing). Another problem which is possibly related to this is when I boot up my computer after it being off for a few hours, the motherboard beeps several times and the D-bracket diagnostic card indicates that it failed to initialize the video card. To fix that problem, I just leave the computer on for a while in that state, then CTRL+ALT+DEL it and it boots up normally. Could this be a power supply problem? I have a generic 300W power supply. Computer Stats MSI 845PE Neo-FIS2R MB 768 MB Apacer RAM Sapphire Radeon 9600 PRO 256 MB (latest drivers) 300 W generic PSU 80 GB IBM HD Lite-ON DVD SB Live! value Windows XP SP1 Thanks! Enter the system BIOS and disable,"ALL" power management options.This should at least eliminate the conflicts between the Hardware PM and windows. HTH -- Free Windows/PC help, http://www.geocities.com/sheppola/trouble.html email shepATpartyheld.de Free songs to download and,"BURN" :O) http://www.soundclick.com/bands/8/nomessiahsmusic.htm |
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